Nanase Kiryu

Nanase Kiryu

Personal information
Full name	Nanase Kiryu [1]
Date of birth	(1989-10-31) 31 October 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth	Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Position	Forward
Team information
Current team	Changnyeong
Number	14
Youth career
2007	Nippon TV Beleza
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2013	Nippon TV Beleza	94	(25)
2014	Sky Blue	16	(0)
2014–2015	Nippon TV Beleza	18	(2)
2016	Guangdong Haiyin	0	(0)
2017–?	Okayama Yunogo Belle	0	(0)
2020-	Changnyeong	0	(0)
Total		128	(27)
International career
2010–2014	Japan	16	(3)
Medal record Nippon TV Beleza Winner Nadeshiko League 2007 Winner Nadeshiko League 2008 Winner Nadeshiko League 2010 Winner Nadeshiko League 2015 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2009 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2011 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2012 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2013 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2014 Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2007 Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2010 Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2012 Winner Empress's Cup 2007 Winner Empress's Cup 2008 Winner Empress's Cup 2009 Winner Empress's Cup 2014 Representing   Japan AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014 Vietnam Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nanase Kiryu (木龍 七瀬, Kiryū Nanase; born 31 October 1989) is a Japanese footballer playing as a forward. She plays for Changnyeong WFC in the WK League. She has also played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Kiryu was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on 31 October 1989. From 2007, she played for Nippon TV Beleza in Japan's first-division L.League. During her career with the team, she scored 25 goals in her 94 appearances. In February 2014, she signed with Sky Blue FC in the National Women's Soccer League, ^[2] where she played for one season before returning to Beleza. In January 2016, Kiryu signed with Chinese Division 2 club Guangdong Haiyin, located in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. In 2017, she returned to Japan and joined Okayama Yunogo Belle.

National team career

On 13 January 2010, Kiryu debuted for Japan national team against Denmark. ^[3] She was a member of Japan for 2014 Asian Cup and Japan won the championship. She played 16 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 2014.

National team statistics

^[4]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2010	3	0
2011	0	0
2012	2	0
2013	1	0
2014	10	3
Total	16	3

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 May 2014	Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam	Vietnam	2–0	4–0	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
2.	26 September 2014	Hwaseong, South Korea	Hong Kong	6–0	9–0	2014 Asian Games
3.				9–0

Honors and awards

Individual

• L.League Best XI: 2013

Club

• L.League Division 1 League Champions: 2008, 2010
• L.League Division 1 League Runners-up: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
• Empress's Cup: 2008, 2009
• Nadeshiko League Cup: 2007, 2010, 2012
• Japan/Korea Women's League Championship: 2011

Japan

• AFC Women's Asian Cup: 2014

References

1. Nanase Kiryu at Soccerway
2. "Sky Blue FC lands Japanese international Kiryu". Soccer America Daily. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
3. "Japanese International Nanase Kiryu Joins Sky Blue FC". Sky Blue FC. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
4. List of match in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

External links

• Nanase Kiryu at WorldFootball.net
• Nanase "Na-Na" Kiryu Archived 15 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine profile at National Women's Soccer League
• Nanase Kiryu profile at Sky Blue FC